Olympic hot air balloon returns to Paris - a great experience!

Olympic hot air balloon returns to Paris - a great experience!

A spectacular event is announced in Paris: the hot air balloon, which rose to the birthday sky with the Olympic Fire during the 2024 Olympics in 2024, will return. This initiative was launched by French President Emmanuel Macron and is intended to further present the impressive legacy of the Olympic Games. The balloon will be visible until the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles in the city of lights, which is a real highlight for visitors and locals. The installation is placed in the picturesque Tuilerien-Park, in the heart of Paris.

From June 21 to September 14, 2024, the balloon will rise daily in the evening, with the parade of lights and colors ensuring an unforgettable experience. The Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo described the return of the balloon as consistently positive news. During the day, access to the balloon is possible for visitors free of charge and without a reservation, which offers the opportunity to experience aviation history up close.

a history of aviation

The history of aviation in Paris goes back to 1783 when the brothers Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne and Joseph-Michel, started the first manned hot air balloon. Inspired by sparks and the movement of a undercress over an oven, you conceived this revolutionary idea. They had their balloon withdrawn in the garden of La Muette Castle, which started the era of the airy adventure. The balloon, which is also known as Montgolfière, had reached an impressive height of up to 1,000 meters and had a remarkable flight time of ten minutes for that time.

Today's visitors can experience a form of Montgolfière in the south of the city, known as "Le Ballon de Paris". With a diameter of 22.5 meters and space for 30 passengers, this balloon enables a breathtaking view of the impressive sights of the city. When the weather is nice, it can fly up to 300 meters high. It is also exciting that the balloon also serves to measure the air quality in Paris and is equipped with 6400 LEDs that display information about the degree of contamination.

costs and complaints

The return of the balloon naturally also brings financial aspects. The costs for the entire action and the associated fire bowl are estimated at around 2.5 million euros. As reported by [pz-news.de] (https://www.pz-news.de/home_artikel ,-Olympischer- Ballon-in-Paris-Wieder-ie-_arid.229501.html), this amount from the excess of the Olympic Budget is financed after the games in Paris.

Visitors should also adhere to the parking time times: from the end of June to the end of July, the park will be accessible until 10:30 p.m. in August until 9:30 p.m. and in the first half of September until 8:30 p.m. This is a great opportunity to enjoy the sunset over Paris.

For all those who want to learn more about the fascination of the balloon ride, an exciting review of the past is ideal: the first flights by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the crossing of the English Channel were full of adventures. As the first manned journey of the Montgolfier brothers shows, the attraction of the balloon ride was already outrageous at the time. The story becomes alive and the Olympic balloon continues to carry a piece of this historical tradition.